Watch: Victim of Brutal Beating in Miami Seeks to Have Suspect Charged with Hate Crime

The victim of a brutal beating in Miami is insisting that Florida's attorney general's office add charges related to a hate crime to his alleged assailant who is in custody, Miami's Local 10 News reports.

Eric Pinkney, 44, was arrested by police Wednesday night and charged with aggravated battery for beating Raul Marti at a bus stop. Marti believes he was targeted.

According to Marti, Pinkney approached him at the bus stop while he was having a coughing fit. Marti, who is recovering from throat cancer, was asked by Pinkney why he was coughing so much. Things turned ugly when Marti said he was fine and asked Pinkney to leave him alone.